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Digital Security for Churches: Social Engineering and Phishing Attacks

February 13, 2017

You should take time to become familiar with the important concepts Social Engineering and Phishing to better protect your home or church network. Attackers will try to use these concepts to exploit your computers and steal or damage your data. Increasing your computer security starts with education. We’ll talk about what you can do to… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: e-mail, Security, software, Training Resources Tagged With: advisory, email, phishing, Security, social engineering

Digital Security for Churches: Data Breach Recovery and Prevention

February 6, 2017

A Data breach occurs when private or secure data is disclosed (intentionally or unintentionally) to an untrusted network. What happens if a company that you entrusted your personal information suffers a data breach? Suddenly your personal information is available for sale to the highest bidder through no fault of your own. What should you do?… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Security, Training Resources, website Tagged With: advisory, data breach, identity theft, internet, privacy, Security, websites

Digital Security for Churches: Ransomware

January 30, 2017

Ransomware is increasingly common malware that infects computers and holds them hostage. Once a computer is infected the malware will encrypt every file it can find including your Documents, Desktop, and Download folders, shared network drives, and portable thumb drives. All of your work that you have created could be instantly encrypted and inaccessible with… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Security, software, Training Resources Tagged With: advisory, encryption, ransomware, Security

Windows 10 Upgrade Scams

July 15, 2016

Microsoft is reporting a large number of people who are being told that their current Windows licenses are about to expire. They are instructed to call a number for help upgrading before their computer stops working. This is a scam. Your current licenses are fine. They will not expire. If you choose to upgrade to… Continue Reading→

Filed Under: Advisories, Security, software Tagged With: advisory, microsoft, scams, Security, windows

Apple Quicktime for Windows Security Advisory

April 15, 2016

Apple has announced today that they are dropping support for their Quicktime video player. There are multiple critical security issues with this software that will not be updated. If you have it installed on any Windows computer, anywhere, please remove it immediately. How to remove Quicktime: http://www.idigitaltimes.com/how-uninstall-quicktime-and-remove-windows-10-81-7-and-vista-527331 Reference: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA16-105A

Filed Under: Advisories, Security, software Tagged With: advisory, apple, Lent 2015, Security, software

Don’t Fall for Spear Phishing or Whaling Scams

February 17, 2016

Scammers want you to send them money. They want your password(s) so that they can log into your accounts and steal your data. Many of their attempts are laughably easy to detect and ignore. Others are carefully crafted to create a very convincing request. These requests are particularly dangerous as they avoid all traditional antivirus… Continue Reading→

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